#Cyprus

The suspension of the head of the drugs squad (Ykan) following accusations made by prison director Anna Aristotelous, has been extended until September 15, the Justice Minister Stefi Drakou announced late ...

An alarmed foreign ministry in Nicosia on Monday said that said it was monitoring the intensification of Turkish rhetoric against Greece, which it said contributes to a climate of tension, ...

A delegation of a European Parliament committee looking into the use of spyware may visit the island, apparently to investigate any link between Cyprus and the eavesdropping affair in Greece, ...

The wine festival has entered a new post pandemic era according to Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides who was attending the placing of the ‘vrakas’ figure at the city’s public ...

Michelle Tsiakkas will be the first Cypriot professional dancer to join the cast of the BBC 1 programme Strictly Come Dancing according to reports on Monday. She and another three new ...

Irfan Siddiq said it is an honour for him to be assuming the new role as British high commissioner to Cyprus – in videos posted in English, Greek and Turkish. Speaking ...

The Audit Office said on Monday it was carrying out audits of private donations to political parties for the years between 2016 to 2021. “At this stage the audit will focus on ...

Director of veterinary services Christodoulos Pipis has been accused of negligence and unevenness in the performance of his legal duties regarding the operation of two Nicosia abattoirs, endangering public health ...

A temporary ban has been placed on all off-duty Unficyp military personnel going to the north, the UN confirmed on Monday, following a row on a beach in Famagusta last ...

In the Season 3 Premiere of Culturescope, Paul Lambis interviews world-renowned cellist, Hauser, Armenian Cypriot singer and songwriter, Hovig, contortionists Otgo Waller and Axinia Nazari, and celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa. Also ...

Paphos police on Sunday night stopped a car in Emba driven by a 22-year-old man with a 31-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man as passengers. During the check, the 31-year-old ...

Immigration services are investigating a case of illegal employment in Paphos, involving two employers and two employees. According to Paphos CID spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, on Friday immigration police carried out ...

On Monday the weather will be mostly clear, although initially there will be temporarily increased cloud cover in the west and north, and in the mountains. Winds will be south ...

Two people are being treated for injuries in Limassol general hospital after a road collision between two drivers on Sunday night in Limassol. One of the drivers was found to ...

Amidst soaring rent prices, university students in Limassol are scrambling to find accommodation University student Konstantinos Karseras used to board the 6.30am bus from Paphos to arrive on time for ...

Visitors to Cyprus would find it hard not to have noticed herds of goats chewing away on a dark, boomerang-shaped carob, or not sampled the dark velvety syrup, drizzled on ...

The positions of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership make it difficult to try to restart Cyprus talks, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelou was quoted as saying on Sunday. In ...

Four people were remanded by the Paphos court on Sunday for five days, two for alleged impersonation using travel documents and the other two for other offences including aiding and ...

Melissa Hekkers went on board to see the sinking of 60 amphorae By 10am the boat that was driving us to our meeting point was anchored in place. At about one ...

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will be in Cyprus on Friday to discuss the latest gas find in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) among other issues during a ...

Members of the police bicycle unit handled 106 out-of-court traffic complaints last month, Paphos police said on Sunday. According to a the head of the traffic police, Michalis Nicolaou, the members ...

President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, will be in Cyprus next month. This will be her second visit to the island this year. This time the President ...

An explosive device went off outside a house in Nicosia early on Sunday, police said. According to police, at 4.15am they received information that an explosion had occurred outside a ...

In a rare instance of criticism among their own, European Council President Charles Michel has said the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen has been late in responding ...